http://www.personneltoday.com/en-gbFri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/12/54827/british-airways-cabin-crew-to-strike-from-next-week.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/12/54827/british-airways-cabin-crew-to-strike-from-next-week.html British Airways (BA) cabin crew will go on strike from next week, Unite union has announced. Up to 12,000 cabin crew will walkout for three days from 20 March and then for four days from 27 March. But the union proFri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/12/54820/network-rail-staff-vote-for-strike-action-and-could-walkout-over-easter.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/12/54820/network-rail-staff-vote-for-strike-action-and-could-walkout-over-easter.html Network Rail maintenance workers could walkout over the Easter period after voting in favour of strike action. <A href="http://www.personneltoday.com/articles/2010/03/10/54594/network-rail-strike-threat-looms-threatening-Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:21:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/11/54811/ba-strikes-loom-as-negotiations-break-down.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/11/54811/ba-strikes-loom-as-negotiations-break-down.html Talks between British Airways and the Union Unite aimed at averting a strike have collapsed without agreement. Union leaders representing British Airways cabin crew will meet later to decide whether to call industrial actThu, 11 Mar 2010 08:59:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/11/54810/northern-rock-bonus-payouts-welcomed-by-unite.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/11/54810/northern-rock-bonus-payouts-welcomed-by-unite.html Unite has welcomed Northern Rock's decision to pay out staff bonuses despite the fact that the mortgage lender failed to make a profit last year. The bank's chief executive Gary Hoffman defended paying out rewards to 32 stThu, 11 Mar 2010 08:47:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/10/54594/network-rail-strike-threat-looms-threatening-travel-chaos.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/10/54594/network-rail-strike-threat-looms-threatening-travel-chaos.html The first national rail strike in 16 years drew a step closer yesterday as Network Rail revealed it had considered contingency plans to handle thousands of workers walking out. Strike ballot results are expected tomorrow bWed, 10 Mar 2010 09:06:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/10/54592/non-striking-civil-servants-pretended-to-be-answering-machines-to-handle-volume-of-calls.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/10/54592/non-striking-civil-servants-pretended-to-be-answering-machines-to-handle-volume-of-calls.html Civil service strike-breakers pretended to be answering machines to cope with a high volume of calls during Monday's industrial action, it has been claimed. Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) civil servants in CarlisleWed, 10 Mar 2010 08:31:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/09/54575/ba-rejects-pay-freeze-offered-by-union.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/09/54575/ba-rejects-pay-freeze-offered-by-union.html British Airways (BA) is thought to have rejected proposals from the union Unite aimed at preventing a strike by cabin crew. Unite is said to have offered a two-year pay freeze and accepted the recruitment of new cabin crew Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:45:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/09/54573/royal-mail-peace-deal-agreed-with-postal-unions.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/09/54573/royal-mail-peace-deal-agreed-with-postal-unions.html Royal Mail has reached an agreement with the postal union, ending the threat of further strikes. The postal service and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) reached the deal in the long-running row about pay and working pTue, 09 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/08/54571/public-sector-strike-disruption-disputed-by-government.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/08/54571/public-sector-strike-disruption-disputed-by-government.html Union leaders have hit back at government claims that today's public sector strike was not well supported, insisting there was "widespread disruption" as 200,000 staff staged a walk-out in a dispute over redundancy terms.</STRONMon, 08 Mar 2010 17:53:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/08/54555/civil-servants-strike-over-changes-to-redundancy-payments.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/08/54555/civil-servants-strike-over-changes-to-redundancy-payments.html More than a quarter of a million civil servants are expecteMon, 08 Mar 2010 08:39:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/05/54541/kraft-under-fire-over-hasty-cadbury-job-cuts.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/05/54541/kraft-under-fire-over-hasty-cadbury-job-cuts.html Union leaders have hit out at US food company Kraft for moving with "indecent haste" to cut jobs at Cadbury after it was announced that up to 150 jobs were at risk as a result of the recent £12bn takeover. <P alignFri, 05 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/05/54540/kings-college-london-staff-balloted-for-strike-action.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/05/54540/kings-college-london-staff-balloted-for-strike-action.html Staff at King's College London have been balloted for strike action for the first time in the university's history in a dispute over possible job losses. The University and College Union (UCU) said 20Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:53:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/04/54509/british-airways-raises-1000-volunteers-to-help-cover-cabin-crew-strikes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/04/54509/british-airways-raises-1000-volunteers-to-help-cover-cabin-crew-strikes.html British Airways (BA) has lined up 1,000 volunteer staff to work as cabin crew to cover threatened strike action. The airline said it would also hire up to 23 fully crewed planes from another charter company to help keep fliThu, 04 Mar 2010 08:12:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/03/54506/blacklisting-legislation-comes-into-force.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/03/54506/blacklisting-legislation-comes-into-force.html Legislation banning employers from blacklisting workers because of union membership or activities unexpectedly came into force yesterday (2 March). Under <A href="http://www.xperthr.co.uk/article/100Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:38:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/03/54495/bbc-job-loss-fears-lead-to-meeting-with-unions.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/03/54495/bbc-job-loss-fears-lead-to-meeting-with-unions.html Union leaders will meet with BBC director general Mark Thompson later over fears that up to 600 jobs could be lost. The broadcaster announced yesterday that it would carry out a strategic review of tWed, 03 Mar 2010 10:04:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/01/54445/kings-college-london-staff-in-landmark-vote-on-strikes-to-fight-job-cuts.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/03/01/54445/kings-college-london-staff-in-landmark-vote-on-strikes-to-fight-job-cuts.html Staff at King's College London will vote on industrial action this Thursday (4 March) for the first time in the college's history, in response to moves to cut jobs. Members of the University and College Union are due to votMon, 01 Mar 2010 08:35:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/26/54440/fujitsu-workers-call-off-strikes-following-mediation-with-acas.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/26/54440/fujitsu-workers-call-off-strikes-following-mediation-with-acas.html Fujitsu workers have voted to end their strike action after accepting proposals made by the conciliation service Acas. The agreement between Unite union and Fujitsu brings an <A href="http://www.persFri, 26 Feb 2010 16:20:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/25/54425/civil-servants-to-strike-over-redundancy-scheme-changes.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/25/54425/civil-servants-to-strike-over-redundancy-scheme-changes.html Tens of thousands of civil servants will go on strike for 48 hours on 8 and 9 March as a row over changes to staff redundancy terms escalates. The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said as maThu, 25 Feb 2010 17:11:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/25/54409/agency-workers-should-be-allowed-to-cover-strikes-says-right-wing-think-tank.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/25/54409/agency-workers-should-be-allowed-to-cover-strikes-says-right-wing-think-tank.html Firms whose staff are threatening strikes should be legally allowed to hire replacement agency workers, a centre-right think tank has said. The comments by Progressive Vision come after the union Unite this week confirmedThu, 25 Feb 2010 09:32:00 GMThttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/24/54401/national-gallery-staff-resume-strike-over-low-pay.htmlhttp://www.personneltoday.com/Articles/2010/02/24/54401/national-gallery-staff-resume-strike-over-low-pay.html National Gallery staff will resume their strike today, walking out for two hours in a dispute over low pay. The gallery workers walked out yesterday for two hours forcing all but five of the gallery's 66 rooms to shut, <A Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:59:00 GMT